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The Conjurer From The Casebook Of Akechi Kogoro
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Book Synopsis The Conjurer: From the casebook of Akechi Kogoro by : Edogawa Ranpo
Download or read book The Conjurer: From the casebook of Akechi Kogoro written by Edogawa Ranpo and published by Zakuro Books. This book was released on with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mournful flute plays in the dead of night; its dreadful lament, a harbinger of chaos and destruction. The Conjurer must be close at hand. But why is this maniacal killer intent on terrorising a law-abiding family of wealthy jewellers? First published between 1930 and 1931, this is the fourth full-length novel to feature the private detective Akechi Kogoro, and the first in which he plays a central role from the beginning. Born as Hirai Tarō, Edogawa Ranpo (1894-1965) was an influential author and critic known for his tales of the mysterious and macabre. His pseudonym is a rendering of ‘Edgar Allen Poe’ using Japanese characters. Ranpo often dealt with themes of sexual perversion and the grotesque, as well as writing more conventional detective stories. Alexis J Brown is a translator living in London.
Book Synopsis The Lipless Man: From the casebook of Akechi Kogoro by : Edogawa Ranpo
Download or read book The Lipless Man: From the casebook of Akechi Kogoro written by Edogawa Ranpo and published by Zakuro Books. This book was released on with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The creature’s face was unforgettable. Vacant eyes, a hollowed-out nose, and a red snarling maw. For the young heiress, who catches her first glimpse of this lipless monster through a steamy bathhouse window, its appearance signals the start of her own voyage into the depths of hell. First published in 1930 (Japanese title "吸血鬼", or "The Vampire") this is the fifth full-length Akechi Kogoro novel and the first to feature the boy detective Kobayashi. Born as Hirai Tarō, Edogawa Ranpo (1894-1965) was an influential author and critic known for his tales of the mysterious and macabre. His pseudonym is a rendering of Edgar Allen Poe using Japanese characters. Ranpo often dealt with themes of sexual perversion and the grotesque, as well as writing more conventional crime fiction. Alexis J Brown is a translator living in London.
Book Synopsis The Spider Man: From the casebook of Akechi Kogoro by : Edogawa Ranpo
Download or read book The Spider Man: From the casebook of Akechi Kogoro written by Edogawa Ranpo and published by Zakuro Books. This book was released on with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dream-like Tokyo is in the grip of a brutal predator. A sadistic killer who turns his victims into works of art; then leaves letters behind taunting his pursuers. The police are clueless. The brilliant criminologist on his trail is always one step behind. Can anyone stop this phantom before he completes his hellish masterpiece? First published in 1929, this is the second full-length novel to feature the private detective Akechi Kogoro. Born as Hirai Tarō, Edogawa Ranpo (1894-1965) was an influential author and critic known for his tales of the mysterious and macabre. His pseudonym is a rendering of ‘Edgar Allen Poe’ using Japanese characters. Ranpo often dealt with themes of sexual perversion and the grotesque, as well as writing more conventional detective stories. Alexis J Brown is a translator living in London.
Book Synopsis The Hunter of the Grotesque: From the casebook of Akechi Kogoro by : Edogawa Ranpo
Download or read book The Hunter of the Grotesque: From the casebook of Akechi Kogoro written by Edogawa Ranpo and published by Zakuro Books. This book was released on with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A nightmarish tale of deception, depravity and death, in which no one can be trusted. A fantastical game of cat and mouse played out on the streets of an other-worldly pre-war Tokyo. First published in 1930, this is the third full-length novel to feature the private detective Akechi Kogoro. Born as Hirai Tarō, Edogawa Ranpo (1894-1965) was an influential author and critic known for his tales of the mysterious and macabre. His pseudonym is a rendering of ‘Edgar Allen Poe’ using Japanese characters. Ranpo often dealt with themes of sexual perversion and the grotesque, as well as writing more conventional detective stories. Alexis J Brown is a translator living in London.
Download or read book The Space Alien written by Ranpo Edogawa and published by Peaks Island Press. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 1953. The Korean War is winding down. The Cold War is heating up. UFOs are appearing all over the world. Five flying saucers zoom across the skies of Tokyo. Then Ichiro Hirano's next-door neighbor is kidnapped by an alien lizard creature. That same creature is now stalking Ichiro's own sister. What do these space aliens hope to accomplish? Here again is the kind of mystery that only Kogoro Akechi and the Boy Detectives Club can hope to solve.
Book Synopsis The Fiend with Twenty Faces by : Rampo Edogawa
Download or read book The Fiend with Twenty Faces written by Rampo Edogawa and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When 1930s Tokyo is threatened by a master thief who can disguise himself to look like anyone, and laughs at the law, the people of the city have nowhere else to turn but Japan's greatest detective, Akechi Kogoro. Unfortunately for Tokyo, however, Akechi Kogoro is off on overseas business, so it becomes the job of his 12-year old assistant, Kobayashi Yoshio, to track down the thief and desperately keep him at bay until his mentor returns. In the spirit of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Baker Street Irregulars, a classic thriller by Edogawa Rampo, grand master of Japan's Golden Age of crime and mystery fiction. Filled with disguises, tricks, "A-ha!" moments, and spiced with a unique Japanese flair, it is sure to delight readers of all ages. Will Kobayashi's intrepid band of young detectives be able to outwit the nefarious fiend, or will Tokyo be forever at the mercy of the face-swapping phantom?
Book Synopsis The Boy Detectives Club by : Ranpo Edogawa
Download or read book The Boy Detectives Club written by Ranpo Edogawa and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Bronze Devil written by Ranpo Edogawa and published by Peaks Island Press. This book was released on 2020-08-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thief is on the loose in Tokyo, a smash and grab artist that targets high-end jewelry stores. The identity of this burglar is no mystery. It's a metal robot, dubbed the "Bronze Devil" by the press. With its almost magical ability to appear and disappear out of nowhere, the police are powerless to stop it. That can only mean it's time to put master sleuth Kogoro Akechi and the Boy Detectives Club on the case.
Book Synopsis Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination by : Edogawa Rampo
Download or read book Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination written by Edogawa Rampo and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-05-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of mystery and horror stories is regarded as Japan's answer to Edgar Allan Poe. Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination, the first volume of its kind translated into English, is written with the quick tempo of the West but rich with the fantasy of the East. These nine bloodcurdling, chilling tales present a genre of literature largely unknown to readers outside Japan, including the strange story of a quadruple amputee and his perverse wife; the record of a man who creates a mysterious chamber of mirrors and discovers hidden pleasures within; the morbid confession of a maniac who envisions a career of foolproof "psychological" murders; and the bizarre tale of a chair-maker who buries himself inside an armchair and enjoys the sordid "loves" of the women who sit on his handiwork. Lucid and packed with suspense, Edogawa Rampo's stories found in Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination have enthralled Japanese readers for over half a century. Mystery stories include: The Human Chair The Caterpillar Two Crippled Men The Traveler with the Pasted Rag Picture
Book Synopsis The Edogawa Rampo Reader by : Ranpo Edogawa
Download or read book The Edogawa Rampo Reader written by Ranpo Edogawa and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edogawa Rampo (pseudonym of Hirai Taro, 1894-1965) is the acknowledged grand master of Japan's golden age of crime and mystery fiction. He is also a major writer in the tradition of Japanese Modernism, and exerts a massive influence on the popular and literary culture of today's Japan. The Edogawa Rampo Reader presents a selection of outstanding examples of his short fiction, and a selection of his non-fiction prose. Together, they present a full and accurate picture of Rampo as a major contributor to the Japanese literary scene, helping to clarify his achievements to the English-speaking world. All the content of the Rampo Reader is brand-new to English. His non-fiction work has never been translated into English before. This is the only place to find a comprehensive one-volume introduction to the world of Edogawa Rampo.
Download or read book Gold Mask written by Edogawa Rampo and published by Random House. This book was released on 2024-06-06 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can an ace detective outwit a thief with many faces? They call him ‘Gold Mask’: a fiendishly clever master of disguise whose crime spree has shocked Tokyo. The dogged detective Akechi Kogoro is on the trail, and soon the two become locked in a frenzied battle of wits as his seemingly superhuman nemesis leads a chase across Japan, gleefully tricking the police at every turn. Will this ingenious villain’s true identity be revealed – and will he, eventually, make a mistake?
Download or read book The Gold Demon written by Kōyō Ozaki and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Crossovers written by Win Scott Eckert and published by Hollywood Comics. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crossovers in a massive timeline of crossover stories in which characters, situations, or universes are linked together in order to build the Crossover Universe. Crossovers lists upwards of 2,000 crossover stories, with additional timeline entries which outline the secret history of the land of fiction.
Book Synopsis Darkman Vs. Army of Darkness by : Roger Stern
Download or read book Darkman Vs. Army of Darkness written by Roger Stern and published by Dynamite. This book was released on 2007-11-27 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dynamite presents the cross-over no one thought they would ever see - Ashley J. Williams (AKA "Ash") and Dr. Peyton Westloake (AKA "Darkman") in Darkman vs. the Army of Darkness! Featuring the creative team of legendary comics scribe Roger Stern, Kurt Busiek, and artist James Fry along with cover artists George Perez and Army of Darkness fan-favorite Nick Bradshaw, this trade collects - for the first time - the entire four-issue mini-series event! Also includes a complete cover gallery.
Book Synopsis Sherlock Holmes: Adventure of the Opera Ghost by : Steven Philip Jones
Download or read book Sherlock Holmes: Adventure of the Opera Ghost written by Steven Philip Jones and published by Caliber Comics. This book was released on 2015-01-28 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A meeting that just had to happen! Sherlock Holmes meets the Phantom of the Opera! Dr. Watson, after the recent death of his first wife, is asked to call in Holmes to investigate a mysterious "ghost" who haunts a French opera house. Although Holmes dismisses it as a case needing a spiritualist rather than a consulting detective, he agrees to look into it. Unknown to him, Eric, the tortured ghost of the Opera House will prove to be more than a ghost and more than an able opponent in a battle of wits with Holmes. A Caliber Comics release.
Download or read book Army Of Darkness written by Andy Hartnell and published by Dynamite. This book was released on 2005-02-23 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tegneserie. Samlet udgave af volume 1-4.
Download or read book Enemy Ace written by Robert Kanigher and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Famed German fighter pilot Hans von Hammer has learned his lesson all too well, in countless battles high above the blasted fields of World War I Europe. Feared by his own men almost as much as he is hated by the Allies, Rittmeister von Hammer wages a lonely war from the cockpit of his crimson Fokker triplane, struggling to fight with honor amid the savagery of modern combat. But honor can be an expensive luxury in the unforgiving skies where the slightest mistake can bring a swift and merciless death-- a fate that will, inevitably, claim even the Hammer of Hell himself!"--P. [4] of cover.
